When and how do GPs record vital signs in children with acute infections? A cross-sectional study

Postoperative complications of fracture are one of the main problems in older patients with hip fracture. In this study, complications were observed 48 hours after surgery in different anesthetic procedures. This prospective cross sectional study was carried out over a 12-month period. All subjects over 55 years of age undergoing hip fracture surgery were selected for study with ASA class (American Society of Anesthesiology: one, two and three). After determining the vital signs in the operating room, anesthesia type (general, spinal and epidural) and various variables were recorded. It was observed that the spinal anesthesia method had the lowest level of postoperative disturbances of consciousness and had the shortest duration in terms of duration of time. On the other hand, general anesthesia was the least in terms of blood transfusion. Finally, epidural anesthetic method showed the least amount of pain 48 hours after operation and the least changes in blood pressure and heart rate.

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The primacy of vital signs – Acute care nurses’ and midwives’ use of physical assessment skills: A cross sectional study

International Journal of Nursing Studies ◽

10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.01.014 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 52 (5) ◽

pp. 951-962 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

Sonya Osborne ◽

Clint Douglas ◽

Carol Reid ◽

Lee Jones ◽

Glenn Gardner

Keyword(s):

Acute Care ◽

Vital Signs ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Acute Care Nurses ◽

Physical Assessment ◽

Assessment Skills ◽

Physical Assessment Skills ◽

Nurses And Midwives

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Awareness and knowledge of medical emergency in dental clinic in Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182972 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (8) ◽

pp. 3237

Author(s):

Maan Ahmed Sheikho ◽

Faisal Hamad Alyahya ◽

Fahad Alhussain Alzahrani

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Vasovagal Syncope ◽

Vital Signs ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Medical Emergency ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Dental Clinic ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Surgical Extraction ◽

Medical Emergencies

Background: In dentistry most of the medical emergency considered to be mild, and in some situation it can be very serious. The objective of our study is to assess knowledge and awareness of dental general practitioner, preparedness of dental clinic/team and the prevalence of most common medical emergencies encountered in dental clinics.Methods: This is a cross sectional study using self-administrated electronic questionnaire conducted on dental general practitioners (GPs) working in kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the months of January and February 2018 were recruited.Results: Less than half of the participants (47.3%) usually check vital signs before surgical extraction only and 42% before simple and surgical extraction and 8% before simple extraction only. Only 46.4% of the participants have experienced at least one medical emergency throughout their career. The most common medical emergency encountered is vasovagal syncope followed by hypoglycaemia and seizures, respectively. Majority of GPs have valid BLS and no one answered all question correctly.Conclusions: There are serious problems regarding the knowledge among dental GPs. Further studies needed to assess the education of medical emergency in schools of dentistry.

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Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 Related Deaths in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.4314/ejhs.v31i2.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Menbeu Sultan ◽

Desalegn Kene ◽

Woldesenbet Waganew ◽

Aschalew Worku ◽

Aklilu Azazh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Clinical Characteristics ◽

Chart Review ◽

Vital Signs ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The World ◽

Variable Distribution ◽

Hospital Deaths ◽

Deceased Patient

BACKGROUND: Since the occurrence of COVID-19 in the world, it has claimed nearly 1.39 million human lives in the world and more than 1500 lives in Ethiopia. The number of deaths is increasing with variable distribution in the world. Despite its increasing fatality, the clinical characteristics of the deceased patients are not yet fully known. Analyzing the clinical characteristics of deceased patients will help to improve the outcome of infected patients. Hence, this study aimed to determine the clinical characteristics of patients who died due to COVID-19 in Ethiopia.METHODS: Hospital based multi-center cross-sectional study was conducted using chart review of deceased patients. Since the number of COVID-19 related deaths was limited, all consecutive COVID-19 related hospital deaths were analyzed. The data was entered into and analyzed using SPSS version 25.0. Descriptive statistics was used to explain the data collected from the survey.RESULT: A total of 92 deceased patient charts were analyzed. Of these patients, 65(71%) were males. Age ranged from 17 to 92 years (mean age being 59 years). On arrival vital signs, 60.5% of them had hypoxia, 49% had tachycardia and only 32% of patients had fever. Three fourth of the patients 64/85 had at least one comorbidity. Diabetes mellitus (DM) was the commonest comorbidity accounting for 445.9%, followed by hypertension, 23/85(27%), and HIV/ AIDS, 15/85 (17.5%).CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that COVID-19 deceased patients presented with respiratory failure and hypoxia. However, less than a third of these patients had fever. In addition, the presence of comorbid illnesses and non-COVID-19 diseases like AIDS defining illness in significant amount needs further study to identify their level of contribution to the increasing burden of COVID-19 deaths in Ethiopia.

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The impact of covid-19 on ophthalmic practice in Bangladesh– A cross-sectional study

Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology ◽

10.18231/j.ijceo.2021.059 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 289-292

Author(s):

Syeed Mehbub Ul Kadir ◽

Muhammad Moniruzzaman ◽

Siddiqur Rahman ◽

Khairun Nasa ◽

Tanvir Ahmed ◽

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Keyword(s):

Online Survey ◽

Vision Loss ◽

Ocular Trauma ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Personal Protection Equipment ◽

Acute Infections ◽

Hand Wash ◽

The Impact

To assess the interference of patient care due to COVID 19 related restrictions and to formulate the future guidelines.This cross-sectional online survey-based study was carried out among the ophthalmologist of Bangladesh in the early lock down period (01 April to 30 April) 2020. Total 93 ophthalmologists responded to the study. Most of the ophthalmologist were seeing the patients with red eye (40.9%), ocular trauma (40.9%), acute infections and inflammations (35.5%), and vision loss (31.2%). 80.6% responder informed that they wear Mask, gloves, and head cap during patient evaluation. 51.6% used Personal protection equipment. 55.9% used a breath shield with the slit lamp settings. 60.4% maintained hand wash, and disinfectant facilities for the patients. 85.7% ophthalmologist had ensured for wearing the mask to all patients before entering the examination and consultancy room. 86% ophthalmologist of our study had performed their surgeries for ophthalmic emergency.Wearing mask is an important tool to prevent transmission of COVID-19 for both patients and ophthalmologists in working place. Maintaining normal ophthalmic practice and surgery are challenging during COVID-19 pandemic.

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